Pakistan batter Babar Azam has stepped down as the captain of the national side in white-ball cricket. Babar was renamed as Pakistan's white-ball coach before the T20 World Cup 2024. In a long statement, he mentioned that captaincy has been rewarding but was adding to his workload significantly.

Babar Azam resigns from Pakistan's white-ball captaincy to focus more on his batting performance. This is the second time he has quit from Pakistan team's captaincy duties within a year.

Babar Azam has resigned as Pakistan's white-ball cricket captain for a second time in 11 months, citing a need to lessen his workload and focus on improving his game.Babar stepped down as captain of all three formats last year after Pakistan failed to make the knockout stage of the 50-overs World Cup, bef

Babar Azam resigns as Pakistan cricket team captain to focus on batting, citing workload and desire for personal growth.

Star batter Babar Azam stepped down as the captain of Pakistan's ODI and T20I team on Wednesday, October 2. Babar said he took the decision to manage his workload and focus more on contributing to the team with the bat. It is the second time in less than a year that Babar has stepped down as Pakistan captaain.

Babar Azam's reported tiff with Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten reason behind his resignation as captain.

AB de Villiers backed Babar Azam's decision to step down as the captain of the Pakistan white-ball teams. Babar was made the captain once again before the T20 World Cup.